More On Seattle P-I Print Closure

* the exact date of closure and final print edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is still uncertain this morning, which makes me think that today's print edition may not be the last. One thing that's odd is that the P-I itself is reporting on the incident. First, this is strange in that they don't have the best information, as it looks like Hearst is refusing to answer questions. Second, while the description of a sequel web site already had me thinking there were way too many editors and not enough content producers, the fact that the story isn't at the top of the web site despite it being the most requested makes me wonder after what kind of editorial judgment will be utilized in the new edition.

* here's the wider Hearst newspaper state of the union.

* a few of you sent me this blog posting of recommendations for the new P-I site, which a lot of people are going to be checking out. I agree with some of it, don't agree with some of it, but mostly I remain really skeptical of the whole idea. What keeps me interested is that despite all of my doubts and the potential horror of the new P-I site turning into a glib, opinion-driven link-dump that is buoyed in part by original content from other news sources that may themselves disappear soon, I also think there's a chance this could be super locally news-driven. I'm not confident, though.

* I don't have any confidence that this kind of thing will help anything but some rich guy's bottom line.

* finally, here's a much-discussed list of papers in severe trouble likely to close or move into an all-digital phase. If nothing else, imagine the number of comics and cartoonists hosted by these papers and how they may or may make a trip on-line and it begins to hit home.
 
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